Roseau River Channel Project

This picture was taken by Mr. Clayton Gladen the president of Gladen Construction Inc. as he flew over the project the day that the first line of the outlet structure was being installed. You can see the vast amounts of pipe sections to the left of the picture being pushed by a D61PX dozer over to the PC600 excavator and being installed one after another.

Outlet Structure From the Air

This double line box culvert was the outlet structure for the main channel drainage into the Roseau River. Each line of pipe was 142’ long including apron sections, it took Gladen Construction Inc. two and a half days to dig out and install both pipes using their PC600 & PC400 Komatsu excavators.

The Outlet Structure
Double Line12’ X 6’ Box Culverts

The outlet structure was designed to come into a curve in the Roseau River thus making the aprons of the pipe skewed to help blend into the natural curve of the river as you can see from the picture to the left.

Designed to match the Bend in the Roseau River

The channel ditch drained into the outlet structure that had been designed with 18” drop walls that were built into the apron sections. Rip rap was also placed in front of the walls to help stabilize and prevent erosion from going into the Roseau River.

Covering the Outlet Structure

Grading for the outlet structure required two feet of granular bedding under the pipe. Gladen Construction Inc. used a dil-agrade laser for accurate grading, and a plate packer for compacting the granular pipe bedding.

Making the Grade

The pipes for the Outlet Structure where supplied and delivered by Hancock concrete. The sections of pipe you see being installed come in different lengths, this particular pipe had 5’ and 4’ sections. The 5’ sections weighed 22,700 pounds each and the 4’ sections weighed 18,160 pounds. Gladen Construction brought in a PC600 Komatsu excavator that was capable of lifting 51,500 pounds. These sections when being installed were no match for Gladen Construction Inc. and their excavator.

Big Excavator for Large Pipe

With the outlet structure now complete Gladen Construction Inc. focused on removing 40,949 cubic yards of channel excavation from Phase I.

Outlet Structure Complete

Within the first week of being on the project Gladen Construction had finished the Outlet structure and phase 1 which was a total of twenty two hundred feet long and three hundred and fifteen feet wide from the north edge of the spoil dirt to the south edge of the spoil dirt.

Phase I Completed

At the end of phase II Gladen Construction Inc. had brought in the following equipment for the job:
PC600 Komatsu
PC400 Komatsu
PC400 Komatsu
D65PX Komatsu
D65EX Komatsu
D61PX Komatsu
Dynapac Packer
A25 Volvo

The Equipment of
Gladen Construction Inc.

The project was designed to have seeding done following the completion of each phase. Gladen Construction Inc. was allowed to leave a ten foot block between each phase so that their sub-contractor Green View Landscaping of Warroad Minnesota could have time to seed. This also allowed Gladen Construction Inc. the ability to keep digging into the next phase with out stopping.

Phase 1 Seeded and Mulched

This Picture is looking from phase four back into phase two that was just seeded and mulched by Green View Landscaping.
Phase three was designed along Roseau County #16 because of an existing ditch and was to be dug before phase four. But because of the dry weather Gladen Construction Inc. was allowed to dig out phase four and then continue into phase three of the project.

Phase II to Phase IV

The operators and the superintendent of Gladen Construction Inc. enjoyed parking the equipment in fun and unique ways during the course of the project. Here the equipment is parked along Roseau County Hwy #123 at the start of Phase II.

Lets Line Them Up

Phase four had several large bends in the main channel which made it a little more of a challenge for Gladen Construction Inc. The reason behind the bends was because Gladen Construction Inc. was following the existing drainage ditch that had been much smaller. There was also 34,904 cubic yards of dirt to be moved in phase four.

Phase Four through the Bends

Small amounts of ground water had started to show up during phase two of the project. But for Gladen Construction Inc. it didn’t seem to slow them down. They had went from digging seven hundred feet per day to one thousand feet each day, and in phase II there was 47,819 cubic yards to move.

Phase II

The end of phase four brought Gladen Construction Inc. to a large corner that moved the project to the south. The total langth of phase four was 4,900 feet long, and Gladen Construction Inc. was averaging 1000 feet or more each day.

The End of Phase Four

In phase three the new channel worked its way through farm fields. Gladen Construction Inc. was now able to see the city of Roseau from where they were digging. Phase three had a total of 83,704 cubic yards of dirt to be move, and Gladen Construction Inc. was averaging 1,200 feet per day.

Phase III The Open Fields

The operators of Gladen Construction Inc. enjoyed parking their equipment in fun and unique ways during the course of the project and had many people in the city of Roseau talking about the creative style of parking.

Creative Parking

Gladen Construction Inc.’s plan was to be finishing as the channel was being built. That meant that all the equipment was all working in about a 150 foot long area all the time. Roseau County 16 is only six hundred feet away.

Squeeze Play

The channel crossed Roseau County 16 at a skew with two
10’x6’x102’ long box culverts. The pipe sections came in six and four foot lengths. The six foot sections weighed 24,420 pounds each and the four foot sections weighed 16,280 pounds. The pipe was supplied and delivered by Hancock.

Crossing Roseau County 16

Once again the operators of Gladen Construction Inc. are parking their equipment for the weekend along Roseau County 16. This time its in the formation of the flying V. Many people driving by would stop and watch the digging operation and ask questions about the project.

The Flying V

Here you see Gladen Construction Inc. with their PC 400 Komatsu placing rock in front of each end of the box culvert. This helped protect the pipes from erosion and the washing out of the dirt in front of the pipes. This was done at each of the large pipes.

Placing Rip Rap

The second half of phase III had run parallel with Roseau County Road 16. The traffic along the county road seem to increase with more people pulling off to the side of the road and watching for long periods of time. Many parents brought their children out to see the heavy equipment at work.

The End of Phase III

All that was left to do for the crossing of Roseau County 16 was to have pavement put in place. Gladen Construction Inc. had their sub contractor Minn-Dak called in for this part of the project. Once the paving was finished the road was reopened to traffic once again.

Paving Roseau County #16

Gene Berger of JOR Engineering was the inspector and surveyor for the project. During one point of surveying of the channel bottom he found himself having a small problem that required a little help from Gladen Construction Inc.’s Superintendent Les Kline.

G.P.S Survey of Channel

One of the first challenges for the project was making a dam to hold the river water back during the installation of the outlet structure. But for Gladen Construction Inc. grace was on their side, the water level of the Roseau Rivers was low on its banks, and in turn made it easier to make a dam and install the pipes quickly.

Lots of Water or Grace

The design of the outlet structure was to have one foot between the pipes as you can see in the picture. Lean mix concrete from Northern Concrete of Roseau was brought in and placed between the pipes to create a solid seal. Wood forms were built at each end of the pipe to hold the concrete in place allowing it time to cure and harden.

Adding Concrete between the Pipes

In Phase I of the project Gladen Construction Inc. brought in two excavators, two dozers, two articulated trucks, and one packer to get the job done. In the first day of moving dirt Gladen Construction Inc. had removed and finished seven hundred feet of channel excavation.

Time For Digging In

After the first big rain when the channel had filled up with water Gladen Construction Inc. had observed wildlife such as ducks, fish, and deer using the channel.

Wildlife Using The Channel

At the start of the third week on the project there had been a large rain storm north of the job. This caused the Roseau River to rise up five feet in just a few days time and push water back up the new channel half way into phase II. Truly grace was on the side of Gladen Construction Inc. two weeks earlier to be able to install the outlet structure under dry conditions.

Outlet Structure Under Water

Seeding and mulching is now complete for phase III. This picture is looking back to the east with Roseau County 16 running parallel with the channel.

Phase III Seeded & Mulched

This young man had stopped and watched Gladen Construction Inc. digging almost each day with his parents. But today was his lucky day.He was given the chance to operate the largest excavator that Gladen Construction Inc. has in their fleet the PC600.

Future Operators

Gladen Construction Inc.

All pictures and information in this presentation was provided by Gladen Construction Inc.

The operators for Gladen Construction Inc. :

1.) Paul Anderson 2.) Jason Ritter 3.) Duane Lafky

4.) Rory Lehner 5.) Rick Krogstad 6.) Eric Pickar

7.) Matt Kisley 8.) Frank Wizner 9.) Mike Zothman

The Superintendents for Gladen Construction Inc. :

1.) Les Kline

2.) Kevin Stroeing

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                                                                                                                                                                        Les Kline

Gladen Construction Inc. mobilized in on July 28, 2006 and only had two rain days during the course of the project. On October 28, 2006 Gladen Construction Inc. had finished the project and had moved 470,244 cubic yards of dirt, installed 1,044 feet of concrete pipe, and 2,464 feet of metal pipe in three months.

Another Project Done

The project for Gladen Construction Inc. has come to an end and it is time to break down the massive PC600 for mobilization to the next project.

Disassembling and Moving Out

This was the end of the channel excavation for Gladen Construction Inc. Phase VI was now complete and all that was left was to seed and mulch.

All Done

For Gladen Construction Inc. this is the last concrete pipe on the project. The pipe was a 60” diameter pipe delivered and supplied by Hancock Concrete.

The End of Piping

Phase VI for Gladen Construction Inc. was very quickly done with five excavators, five dozers, and two articulated trucks. The total amount of cubic yards to move was 96,761.

Phase VI

For Gladen Consturction Inc. phase five was going to be the largest amount of dirt to move out of all the phases with 166,107 cubic yards and being 14,400 feet long. Gladen Construction Inc. was still averaging 1,200 feet per day.

Phase V